A rookie referee in Europe will call the second of tonight’s friendlies. Spain before the European Cup. The French Bastien Depeche was designated by UEFA for the clash against Northern Ireland. 38 years old, he has been playing in the French first division since September 2020 and just debuted his international status on January 1. It is not for nothing that this season he did not whistle any matches in Europe except for two qualifying matches for U19 Euro Cup. This 2023-2024 season he directed a total of 15 matches in Ligue 1, two in the French Cup and four more in Ligue 2.
The referee became famous in his country in April 2022 when he went onto the field with a microphone in the match between Saint Étienne and Monaco, which made it possible to hear everything that was said between him and the players.
In this case, the dialogues between Bastien Depechy and the footballers of Monaco and Saint Etienne were broadcast the day after the match by the Prime Video television network. The Frenchman explained his various decisions to the players. For example, when a footballer from the local team complained that two opponents hit him too much, another dialogue where he threatened a player to show him a yellow card or another dialogue with a goalkeeper.
Bastien came to refereeing when he was only 16 years old and he is the president of the union of referees of France. Logically, this is his debut for Spain, because he has not whistled for the national team until now, both senior and youth teams, and both for a club in our country. This is also true in Northern Ireland. On the wings he will be assisted by the French Erwan Finjean and Hicham Zakrani
Source: La Verdad
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